Bread Machine Bread (all-purpose variants)

By adventurefamily5

This is a customizable recipe for bread machine bread. White or a mixture of white and wheat, or white and oatmeal are in the recipe directions.

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 Tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups white flour
• 1 Tablespoon yeast

Preparation

Step 1

Add ingredients into breadmaker in the order listed.

You may let the breadmaker mix, knead and bake the loaf,
or transfer to a greased loaf pan after the first rise and bake in the oven. Let it rise again until it is just above the edge of the pan.

Bake at 400º for 25-30 minutes.

Remove from pan immediately and allow to cool before wrapping.

****For a softer crust, wrap the hot bread in a heavy towel until cool, then store in a plastic bag.

Alterations: 2 cups white flour and 1 1/4 whole wheat flour plus1/4 cup wheat gluten.

Alterations: 1 cup quick oatmeal for a cup of the flour.

This also makes great cloverleaf rolls. Just form into walnut size balls and put 3 balls in each cup of a greased muffin pan. let rise and bake at 350º until golden brown. Wrap in a towel to cool.